Step 1: Place Yupo Paper on craft sheet. Then tape down stencil using painter's tape or masking tape. Make sure your craft area is well ventilated.

Step 2: I chose my 4 Alcohol Inks and opened lids. I carefully drizzled one color at a time with the tip of bottle touching the paper thru the stencil. Starting with the lightest ink. Some of ink will flow under the stencil, which is ok as long as the colors are in the same color family, so do not turn to mud. I added the green last.

Step 3: Let Alcohol Ink Dry! Do NOT remove stencil until inks dry. It can take a while if you have drizzled a lot of ink. Be Patient! Then remove stencil carefully and clean stencil and your hands with rubbing alcohol. I prefer 91%. Your stencil will now always look loved.

Step 4: If your piece is tacky let dry overnight. Burnish your piece with a paper towel to bring out the shine and to remove a little ink if too dark, thick or still a bit tacky.

Step 5: I stamped my sentiment with Archival Black ink using my MISTI. I then die cut my stenciled background and popped up using fun foam onto a die cut piece of white Card Stock. Added more fun foam to main image frame and attached to a 5" x 5" card base. I was very happy with the results!

If you go to our CAS Mix Up August Challenge you will find several links to videos on Alcohol Ink Techniques, including a video using rubbing alcohol and reinkers by Shari Carroll. This technique is an alternative to alcohol inks. Also many fabulous card samples by our very talented Design Team and our Guest Designer, Trina (My Crafting Closet). You have until August 24th to join the fun. Happy Alcohol Ink creating my friends. If you have questions feel free to contact me :-) Hugs...

Beautiful card and technique, Nancy! So bright and vibrant. I still have my sample from back in May. Hope to crash your retreat again next year. 😉 Your biscotti was so yummy. Thank you for the fun challenge and for having me. Have a great day! 😊 Trina xx

This is so stunning, Nancy! I LOVE the colors and design - so beautifully stencilled with alcohol inks.I'm so excited that you're hosting this month's CAS Mix Up Challenge, and chose Alcohol Inks! I've been wanting to try the medium, and I ordered some inks this morning. Thank you so much for your inspiration! :-) Hideko

I am so excited that you will be trying AI's, Hideko. You will LOVE them. Be sure and check out the challenge's list of videos. That is how I learned. Now I can't stop using my AI's:-) Also so many gorgeous samples from our DT and GD and many more to come. I think we all made extras to add the the gallery for this month:-) Hugs..

When I saw this card I was speechless! Such a great project, Nancy !!! I know how you did it, but I'm amazed by the final result. I love strong colors and beautiful artistic stains of alcohol. How I'd love to be able to do something similar!Hugs,BożenA